Razor-strop dresser



No. 753,060. PATENTED FEB. 23, 1904. T. J. FORDB.

RAZOR STROP DRESSER.

APPLIGM mN FILED JAN. 23, 1903.

0 MODEL.

WITNESSES: I (20 INVE QR UNITED STATES fiatented February 23, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS J. FORDE, OF GENEVA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO FRANK S. TURNER AND CHARLES GLADDING, OF GENEVA, OHIO.

RAZoR-sTRoP DRESSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 753,660, dated February 23, 1904:.

Application filed January 23, 1303.

To coll whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. Fonnn, a citi zen of the United States of America, residing at Geneva, in the county of Ashtabula and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Razor-Strop Dressers; and

I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in razor-strop dressers.

The primary object of this invention is to have the strop-dressing tube or member of I 5 my improved device made of such a composition that the said strop-dressing member by running it over and rubbing it upon the strop will readily leave upon the strop a deposit instrumental in putting a fine edge on a razor in stropping the said razor, which will spread the said deposit uniformly over the strop, and which is not liable to be oxidized or discolored, and consequently not liable to become covered with grease or other objectionable 2 5 deposit. 4 Y

With this object in view the said invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a razor-strop dresser embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a side view, largely in section, of the same. Fig. 3 is an end view of the strop-dressing tube of the de- 3 5 vice detached. Fig. 4 is a side view of the said tube. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the pin employed in attaching the said tube to the handle of the device.

Referring to the drawings, a; designates the 4 strop-dressing member of my improved device. The said member a is in the form of a tube and composed of a composition consisting of lead, zinc, tin, and Babbitt metal-which is free from graphite. The ingredients of the said composition are, by weight, in the following proportions: lead, twelve pounds; zinc, one-third pound; tin, one-third pound; Babbitt metal, one-third pound. The said ingre- Serial No. 140,275. (No model.)

dients are melted together and drawn out or cast into the form of a tubular rod, which is then cut into lengths or pieces, and each of the resulting pieces forms the strop-dressing member of a device embodying my invention. The lead gives body to the composition. The zinc renders the composition soft and pliable and facilitates the deposit of the composition the strop-forming member of the device in rubbing the said member on the strop, so that the deposit upon the strop by the operation of the said device will be uniform. The use of graphite in the Babbitt metal is avoided, because graphite would render the metal too hard and prevent a sufiiciently free deposit of the composition upon the strop.

- The strop-dressing tube a of my improved device is arranged at one end of and in line with the handle I), to which the said tube is attached by a metal pin 0, preferably a steel pin, which is large enough in cross-section to transversely fill the said tube and long enough to extend through the tube and a suitable distance-such, for instance, as an incli into the handle. The pin is provided at its outer end with a head cl, abutting against the outer end of the tube a, and is pointed at its inner end, as at e, to facilitate its entrance into the handle, which is composed, preferably, of wood.

What I claim is v l. A razor-stop dresser comprising a stropdressing member composed of a composition consisting, in the main, of lead, and also comprising, as ingredients, zinc, tin and Babbitt metal which is free from graphite.

2. A razor-strep dresser comprising a stropthird of a pound of Zinc, to twelve pounds of lead.

3. A razor-strop dresser comprising a stropdressing member composed of a metallic composition capable of leavlng a deposit upon a razor-strop in rubbing the said strop-dressing member upon the strop.

In testimony whereof I sign the foregoing specification, in the presence of two witnesses, 17th day of January, 1903, at Cleveland,

THOMAS J. FORDE.

Witnesses:

C. H. DORER, TELSA SCHWARTZ. 

